From what I have managed to gather from various sources there are either: (1) Five young females - but very unreliable reports of the existence of these, or (2) One old female; that report is fairly reliable but out of date. An attempt some years ago to introduce a male to mate with her (or the five young females, if they exist) were unsuccessful.

The forest is extremely dense with many valleys where elephants can disappear from view - some may recall a helicopter that crashed in the forest one new years eve about 10 years ago and although there was no doubt that it fell within a fairly defenite area , it was not found untill approximately 2 years ago when forestry workers stumbled on it within a long stones throw of a well used road.

_________________KNP is sacred.I am opposed to the modernisation of Kruger and from the depths of my soul long for the Kruger of yesteryear! 1000+km on foot in KNP incl 56 wild trails.200+ nights in the wildernessndloti-indigenous name for serval.

Dont be fooled by these mythical elephants! But do yourself a favour and read Elephantoms by Lyall Watson and another book by Gareth Patterson.

The latest book by Patterson reckons there are 9 elephants (based on studies conducted on the dung) at least in the forest including a couple of youngsters.

They roam a huge area and often cross roads at night to avoid human contact.

My brothers one friend saw 2 elephants in 2010 and during the Knysan Oyster festival last year when I went to do the marathon, I also had a friend who saw 2 of the forest elephants. They are very much around but are rarer than seeing a pangolin I would imagine.

An elephant was recently photographed by a trap camera, placed in the Knysna forest, by the Landmark Foundation, set-up for leopard research. The Foundation’s exciting leopard research involves determining the leopard population status in the Garden Route.

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